1265 - Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham - an army led by Prince Edward, the future KingEdward I of England, defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1783 - Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people, and resulting in a famine that kills a further 20,000. There was a similarly destructive eruption in Iceland just two months earlier.
1789 - In France, members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and end their privileges.
1791 - The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars.
1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found dead in their home in Massachusetts, leading to one of the most well-known murder cases. It is still unknown whether Borden committed the murders.